DC Radio: Protective Order Against WIHT's Kane Ends

Peter 'Kane' Deibler

A Montgomery County, MD judge on Thursday refused to extend a temporary protective order against radio personality Peter Deibler, better known as Kane on iHeartMedia's WIHT 99.5 FM ”The Kane Show", which is also syndicated in several markets.

In court, Deibler and his wife, Natasha Deibler — who are enmeshed in a bitter divorce — offered wildly different versions of a May 25 incident that prompted her to seek the order and to file second-degree assault charges against him.  According to The Washington Post, Natasha Deibler, 36, said that when she arrived to pick up the couple’s two children from his apartment that night, her husband threw her against a wall, but Peter Deibler, 39, contended that he used the door to move her back when she attempted to enter without his permission, and that she fell.

Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann found that Natasha Deibler hadn’t met the burden of proof needed to keep in place the order, which barred the radio host from from contacting his wife or entering the Potomac home where she lives.

Natasha Deibler

After listening to testimony from police officers, a nurse who examined Natasha, and others, McGann ultimately was persuaded by the fact that the alleged incident in dispute took place as Natasha tried to enter her estranged husband’s apartment. He said the matter would be clearer if the couple’s gender roles were switched.  “I think society could accept that a lot easier — a man can’t barge into a woman’s apartment,” he said. “Well, she can’t barge into his apartment — it has nothing to do with their gender.”

In testimony on Thursday, each spouse accused the other of substance abuse and other erratic behavior.

Peter Deibler said when his wife called to say she would be late picking up the girls, “She sounded slurred and not coherent,” he said.